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20 lut 2019 · This online textbook is an open educational resource for undergraduate nutrition courses at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. It covers basic concepts, essential nutrients, nutritional assessment, and lifespan nutrition topics.
Nutrients can be broken down into 3 basic categories: water, macronutrients, and micronutrients. Macronutrients serve primarily as building blocks of the body and as fuel for energy producon. Micronutrients serve primarily as co-factors for proper physiological funcon and also as structural building blocks.
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Human nutrition describes the processes whereby cellular organelles, cells, tissues, organs, systems, and the body as a whole obtain and use necessary sub-stances obtained from foods (nutrients) to maintain structural and functional integrity.
1. Introduction to Human Nutrition: A Global Perspective on Food and Nutrition 1. HH Vorster. 2. Body Composition 12. P Deurenberg. 3. Energy Metabolism 31. A Astrup and A Tremblay. 4. Nutrition and Metabolism of Proteins and Amino Acids 49. NK Fukagawa and Y-M Yu. 5. Digestion and Metabolism of Carbohydrates 74. J Mathers and TMS Wolever. 6.
The 5 universal principles of good nutrition, according to science. Yes, nutrition is often confusing, uncertain, and hotly debated. But these principles are indisputable—and often transformative. By Ryan Maciel, RD, PN2, CSCS and Alisa Bowman
Concepts include the importance of nutrition for health, food sources of nutrients, the role of nutrients in the body, health disorders associated with inadequate nutrition, and nutrition interventions and strategies to combat undernutrition.
